Megan Bartlett

Research Interests

Computer Perception, Memory and Attention Computer-Human Interaction Experimental Psychology General Psychology & Cognitive Sciences Human Factors Psychology Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance

Dr Megan Bartlett

Lecturer

School of Psychology

College of Education, Behavioural and Social Science

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

I am a full-time Lecturer in the School of Psychology at The University of Adelaide, where I predominately teach into the Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Online). My research interests lie in the area of human factors, with a specific focus on human-automation interaction (i.e., how efficiently human operators work with automation in difficult decision-making or visual search tasks).My PhD investigated elements of automation interface design, individual user differences, and user training protocols that shape human-automation interaction.

Basic and applied aspects of attention, cognition, and perception. In particular, I'm interested in human factors, with a specific focus on human-automation interaction.

Date Position Institution name
2023 - ongoing Lecturer University of Adelaide
2018 - 2022 Research Associate Flinders University

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2023 Award Executive Dean's Team Prize The University of Adelaide Australia -

Date Institution name Country Title
Flinders University Australia Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology)
Flinders University Australia Bachelor of Psychology (Honours)

Year Citation
2025 Luo, X., Bartlett, M., & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2025). Stay calm in crowds: Avoiding emotional faces in ensemble perception. Attention Perception and Psychophysics, 87(7), 2223-2240.
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2025 Andrade, F. M. G., Bartlett, M. L., Wickens, C. D., & McCarley, J. S. (2025). Leaving Money on the Table: As Diagnostic Aids Become More Useful, Operators Use Them Less Efficiently. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-APPLIED, 12 pages.
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2025 Bartlett, M. L., Gwinn, O. S., Thomas, N. A., & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2025). Now you see it, now you don't: representational pseudoneglect during computer maze navigation. LATERALITY, 18 pages.
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2024 Bartlett, M. L., Carragher, D. J., Hancock, P. J. B., & McCarley, J. S. (2024). Benchmarking automation-aided performance in a forensic face matching task. Applied Ergonomics, 121, 104364.
DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2023 Tikhomirov, L., Bartlett, M. L., Duncan-Reid, J., & McCarley, J. S. (2023). Identifying inefficient strategies in automation-aided signal detection.. J Exp Psychol Appl, 29(4), 869-886.
DOI Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC3
2023 Cockram, L., Bartlett, M. L., & McCarley, J. S. (2023). Simple manipulations of anthropomorphism fail to induce perceptions of humanness or improve trust in an automated agent. Applied Ergonomics, 111, 1-8.
DOI Scopus5 WoS3
2022 Tikhomirov, L., Bartlett, M. L., Duncan-Reid, J., & McCarley, J. S. (2022). Identifying Inefficient Strategies in Automation-Aided Signal Detection.
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2022 Boskemper, M. M., Bartlett, M. L., & McCarley, J. S. (2022). Measuring the Efficiency of Automation-Aided Performance in a Simulated Baggage Screening Task. Human Factors, 64(6), 945-961.
DOI Scopus34 WoS32 Europe PMC18
2021 Bartlett, M. L., & McCarley, J. S. (2021). Ironic efficiency in automation-aided signal detection. Ergonomics, 64(1), 103-112.
DOI Scopus16 WoS14 Europe PMC5
2021 Ciricugno, A., Bartlett, M. L., Gwinn, O. S., Carragher, D. J., & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2021). The effect of cognitive load on horizontal and vertical spatial asymmetries. Laterality, 26(6), 706-724.
DOI Scopus14 WoS13 Europe PMC11
2020 Thomas, N. A., Gwinn, O. S., Bartlett, M. L., & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2020). Through doorways and down corridors: Investigating asymmetries during computer maze navigation. Journal of Cognition, 3(1), 1-14.
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2020 Bartlett, M. L., Scott Gwinn, O., Thomas, N. A., & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2020). Cognitive load exacerbates rightward biases during computer maze navigation. Brain and Cognition, 140, 105547-1-105547-9.
DOI Scopus5 WoS3 Europe PMC2
2020 Cropper, S. J., McCauley, A., Gwinn, O. S., Bartlett, M., & Michael, M. E. (2020). Flowers in the Attic: Lateralization of the detection of meaning in visual noise. Journal of Vision, 20(10), 1-20.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2019 Bartlett, M. L., & McCarley, J. S. (2019). No Effect of Cue Format on Automation Dependence in an Aided Signal Detection Task. Human Factors, 61(2), 169-190.
DOI Scopus25 WoS21 Europe PMC13
2019 Bartlett, M. L., & McCarley, J. S. (2019). Human interaction with automated aids: Implications for robo‐advisors. FINANCIAL PLANNING REVIEW, 2(3-4), 1-11.
DOI Scopus9
2018 Bartlett, M. L., & McCarley, J. S. (2018). No tendency for human operators to agree with automation whose response bias matches their own. International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 5(2), 111-128.
DOI Scopus4
2017 Fletcher, K. I., Bartlett, M. L., Cockshell, S. J., & McCarley, J. S. (2017). Visualizing probability of detection to aid sonar operator performance. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2017-October(1), 302-306.
DOI Scopus5
2017 Bartlett, M. L., & McCarley, J. S. (2017). Benchmarking Aided Decision Making in a Signal Detection Task. Human Factors, 59(6), 881-900.
DOI Scopus55 WoS49 Europe PMC30
2014 Scown, H., Bartlett, M., & McCarley, J. S. (2014). Statistically lay decision makers ignore error bars in two-point comparisons. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2014-January(1), 1746-1750.
DOI Scopus4

Year Citation
2024 Bartlett, M. L., & McCarley, J. S. (2024). Experts and Non-Experts Use Diagnostic Aids Inefficiently. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Vol. 68 (pp. 98-103). Phoenix, Arizona: SAGE Publications Inc..
DOI Scopus2
2019 Nicholls, M., McCauley, A., Gwinn, O., Bartlett, M., & Cropper, S. (2019). Face or Flower? Hemispheric Lateralisation for the Perception of Illusory Faces. In PERCEPTION Vol. 48 (pp. 132). SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.

Year Citation
2023 Bartlett, M. L., Carragher, D. J., Hancock, P., & McCarley, J. (2023). Benchmarking Automation-Aided Performance in a Forensic Face Matching Task.
DOI Europe PMC1
  • Research Network for Undersea Decision Superiority (2020-2023): “Teach a man to fish”: Decision aids that support both learning and performance in complex environments ($247,264)
  • Human Performance Research Network (2019-2023): Helped, not hindered: Optimising the use of augmented reality by Defence personnel ($511,000)
  • Introductory Psychology (PSYCHOL 1100)
  • Foundations of Psychology (PSYCHOL 6500OL)
  • Research Methods, Design and Analysis (PSYCHOL 6501OL)
  • Culture and Context (PSYCHOL 6505OL).

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